Some weeks ago I tried to work for the 1st time with conchiglioni, these giant shells to be filled with … whatever. So I still had quite a lot of this pasta in my pantry. Last time I created a filling with minced meat – totally classic approach – baked in the oven. Now I opted for a filling of vegetables – resulting in a lighter dish than back then. I had in mind to…
Another recipe I found in Vincenzo Buonassisi’s pasta cookbook (published in the 70s – no longer available…) is the fusion of pasta with lots of peppers, also a very simple recipe for which the cookbook is known. I imagined the process and had the idea of a one-pot-pasta process. (Buonassisi didn’t think of any one-pot-pasta dishes in his cookbook – I think it’s a modern way to cook pasta.) So I made some changes to…
As I mentioned before … I’ve got a special book about pasta: Vincenzo Buonassisi’s pasta cookbook (published in the 70s – no longer in print in this version!) with lots of pasta recipes. It’s a cookbook without any photos & the recipes are short – reduced to the essentials. Nevertheless it’s a treasury of ideas how to prepare pasta adding vegetables, meat, fish and seafood… When roaming the book… I got intrigued by a simple…
Over the years I created several posts about ham … Now we are approaching Xmas season – so I thought that some sort of roundup might be quite a good idea, because a delicious big chunk of ham is appropriate for any winter get-together if before Xmas, during Xmas or after Xmas. In general the process to create a ham dinner is always the same – so I’ll present 2 different results … We always…
Today it’s this delicious tomato sauce, quick & easy to create, based on your pantry stock – at least my pantry stock covers all of the ingredients. All ingredients were in my pantry. (I admit that there are some adaptions are possible …)